Job Description
METEOROLOGIST
Department of the Air Force Air Force Civilian Career Training AFMC\IDO
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informion. The primary purpose of this position is established specifically to provide development experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified, high-potential manager/executive; it is not a continuing position and assignment durion is NTE 36 months. Learn more about this agency Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT
informion. The primary purpose of this position is established specifically to provide development experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified, high-potential manager/executive; it is not a continuing position and assignment durion is NTE 36 months. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 5, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Wright-Pterson AFB, OH No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may or may not qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $110,401 - $143,523 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Work requires occasional travel away from the normal duty stion, using military or commercial aircraft. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1340 Meteorology Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 9X-CB-314419-12965508-TTB Control number 869782300 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Internal Permanent Air Force Employees in the Weher Career Field Only Duties Help DUTY 1: Performs Career Broadening assignment by providing expert meteorological consultion to staff and personnel of the AFMC IDO and various AFMC organizions, DoD Program Offices, and Joint Agencies. Also advises affilied program offices and using commands. DUTY 2: In a Career Broadening capacity, provide advanced meteorological expertise to acquisition programs entering into or opering within any phase of the acquisition lifecycle, with particular emphasis on support to Capability Development (CD) and Development Planning (DP) and other activities performed prior to creing a Program of Record. DUTY 3: Performs Career Broadening assignments by providing meteorological support to integred planning teams, researchers and system development teams to discern the impact and exploit the effects of the mosphere and the space environment on a multitude of weapon systems and systems undergoing developmental and/or operional testing. DUTY 4: As a Career Broadener, participes in the daily operions of the AFMC IDO, specifically faciliting all efforts deleged by the branch chief or deputy branch chief. Helps the Capability Development Meteorology Branch establish objectives, sets short-term priorities, and adjusts priorities in accordance with project schedules and constraints. DUTY 5: In a career broadening capacity serves as a subject mter expert to various programs assigned by the Capability Development Meteorology Branch Chief, represents AFMC IDO
technical meetings and conferences with environmental-support agencies and industry th deal with mospheric effects on weapons systems. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Mobility is a condition of selection. The employee must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie TOP SECRET
(SCI) security clearance If authorized, PCS paid IAW JTR and AF Regulions. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More informion on PCS requirements, may be found : https://afciviliancareers.com/regulory/ PCS cost may be paid IAW Career Broadening Policy under this agreement. Career Broadening positions are managed by AFPC/DPZ and are centrally funded. Positions are established specifically to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of a high-potential, mid-level manager. Career Broadening also provides training and developmental opportunities various organizional levels. These assignments offer the qualified candide a unique assignment in th the candides brings certain experience to the assignment while gaining new experiences in a different work environment TEMPORARY PROMOTION
If the position is filled as a temporary promotion, upon completion of the career broadening assignment, the temporary promotion may lead to permanent promotion without further competition This position has been designed by the Air Force as a Testing Designed Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Work requires occasional travel away from the normal duty stion, using military or commercial aircraft. A non-disclosure agreement MUST be signed. Disclosure of Political Appointments Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified informion in accordance with regulions to reduce potential compromise. Advanced degree in meteorology or mospheric science is preferred due to the research-oriented and technical nure of staff-level meteorological support. Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the Specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualificion Standards for General Schedule Professional and Scientific Positions. BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT
Degree:
meteorology, mospheric science, or other nural science major th included: At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/mospheric science including a minimum of: Six semester hours of mospheric dynamics and thermodynamics•; Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weher systems (synoptic/mesoscale); Three semester hours of physical meteorology; and Two semester hours of remote sensing of the mosphere and/or instrumention. Six semester hours of physics, with least one course th includes laborory sessions.• Three semester hours of ordinary differential equions•. At least nine semester hours of course work approprie for a physical science major in any combinion of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, stistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climology, radiive transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE
(TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE
(GS) POSITIONS
Applicants must have served least 52 weeks the GS-12 or higher grade (or equivalent in an alterne pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Professional knowledge of diverse meteorological disciplines (including but not limited to climology, radiive transfer, mospheric dynamics, space environment, forecasting, and environmental modeling) to determine effects on emerging technologies and current/future weapon systems. 2. Knowledge of the DoD acquisition lifecycle and guidelines to include capability development and planning to integre environmental requirements into the acquisition process, planning, and program documention. 3. Knowledge of meteorological instrumention, weher observing, and forecasting to identify operional support requirements for evolving systems. 4. Skill in using analytical tools and historical da to conduct high-confidence meteorological analyses and solve complex mospheric problems. 5. Ability to communice complex meteorological concepts to senior leaders, program managers, engineers, and multidisciplinary teams through briefings and reports. 6. Ability to provide expert consultion and professional advice to influence major contract decisions and policy for weapon systems design. 7. Ability to facilite branch operions, manage project priorities, coordine across diverse disciplines, and ensure adherence to security and safety protocols. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion PCS restrictions : An employee selected to make a PCS to a Career Broadening assignment is restricted from making a second PCS for 12 months. Defense Nional Relocion Program may or may not be authorized Direct Deposit :
All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment. Your responses to the questionnaire may be compared to the documents you submit. The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your applicion contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a ring of "not qualified" or "insufficient informion" and you will not receive further considerion for this job. Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evalued further. APPRAISALS/AWARDS
Hiring Managers use objective methods and consider previous performance appraisals and awards in the selection process. Current Federal Civilian employees should list any relevant performance reled ring and/or awards in your resume. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be provided with your applicion. Applicants who do not submit required documention to determine eligibility and qualificions elimined from considerion. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantie the eligibilities you are claiming. Online Applicion:
Questionnaire Resume:
Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "How To Apply". Current or Former Federal Civilian Employees (includes current Air Force employees): You must submit a legible copy of a SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action . The SF-50, block 24 must contain "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a "1". Employees eligible under an OPM approved interchange agreement , block 34 may contain a "1" or "2". Promotion Considerion:
If you wish to be considered as a promotion candide and your SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirements. You will need to provide additional SF-50s which clearly demonstres you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of approprie SF-50s include Promotions, Within-Grade, Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective de more than one year old). OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS
License and/or Certificions Performance Appraisals for Current Federal Civilian Employees - Most recent performance appraisals (ded within last 3 years) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable. Awards for Current Federal Civilian employees - List any awards received within the last 3 years on the resume. Note:
Applicant must not submit award Notificion of Personnel Actions (SF50s). How to Apply Help The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/05/2026. To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12965508 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and prive sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Additional informion on how to complete or upde your resume may be loced here . For qualificion determinion your resume must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09.
Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Applicion Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here . PLEASE NOTE
: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT
modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant. Agency contact informion Career Broadening Office afpc.careerbroadener.cft@us.af.mil Address AF Career Broadeners 550 C Street W JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150 US
Next steps Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion.
Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be provided with your applicion. Applicants who do not submit required documention to determine eligibility and qualificions elimined from considerion. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantie the eligibilities you are claiming. Online Applicion:
Questionnaire Resume:
Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional informion on resume requirements can be loced under "How To Apply". Current or Former Federal Civilian Employees (includes current Air Force employees): You must submit a legible copy of a SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action . The SF-50, block 24 must contain "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a "1". Employees eligible under an OPM approved interchange agreement , block 34 may contain a "1" or "2". Promotion Considerion:
If you wish to be considered as a promotion candide and your SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirements. You will need to provide additional SF-50s which clearly demonstres you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of approprie SF-50s include Promotions, Within-Grade, Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective de more than one year old). OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS
License and/or Certificions Performance Appraisals for Current Federal Civilian Employees - Most recent performance appraisals (ded within last 3 years) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable. Awards for Current Federal Civilian employees - List any awards received within the last 3 years on the resume. Note:
Applicant must not submit award Notificion of Personnel Actions (SF50s). How to Apply Help The complete Applicion Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/05/2026. To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12965508 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the applicion questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Applicion button the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the lest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and prive sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Additional informion on how to complete or upde your resume may be loced here . For qualificion determinion your resume must contain hours worked per week and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09.
Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance reled ring (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Applicion Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional informion may be loced here . PLEASE NOTE
: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT
modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Career Broadening Office afpc.careerbroadener.cft@us.af.mil Address AF Career Broadeners 550 C Street W JBSA Randolph AFB, TX 78150 US
Next steps Once your applicion package is received an acknowledgement email sent. If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion.
Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility and qualificions for considerion. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applicions, and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position. If you do not provide an email address, you are responsible for checking stus updes and notificions in USAJOBS. Hard copy notificions will not be sent to you. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 5, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Wright-Pterson AFB, OH No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may or may not qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $110,401 - $143,523 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Work requires occasional travel away from the normal duty stion, using military or commercial aircraft. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 9X-CB-314419-12965508-TTB Control number 869782300